On the morning of October 13, the "2023 China Robot Competition and RoboCup China Robot World Cup" offline competition was held in Jinjiang International Convention and Exhibition Center, Fujian Province. The competition was sponsored by Chinese Association of Automation, RoboCup China Committee, Jinjiang Municipal Government and Quanzhou Science and Technology Bureau. The robot Competition and Training Department of the Chinese Society of Automation, the Robot competition Working committee of the Chinese Society of Automation, the Talent Office of the Communist Party of China Jinjiang Municipal Committee, and the Science and Technology Bureau of Jinjiang are jointly organized.
Wang Yaonan, Academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering, Professor of Hunan University, Wang Zhihong, Vice Mayor of Quanzhou City, Pei Tianyang, second investigator of the Technology Innovation Center of Science and Technology of Small and Medium-sized Enterprises of Fujian Province, Shi Siquan, Director of the Science and Technology Bureau of Quanzhou City, Li Shaoyuan, Deng Zhidong, Cao Qixin, Chen Weidong, Zheng Zhiqiang, Li Shi, leaders and experts of the Chinese Society of Automation, etc. Jinjiang City leaders Wang Mingyuan, Lin Renda, Xu Hongcheng, Chen Youai, Zhang Yong attended the opening ceremony.
Quanzhou Deputy Mayor Wang Zhihong said that Quanzhou Municipal Party Committee and municipal government have always attached great importance to the development of the robot industry, introduced special support policies for the robot industry, created robot industrial parks, built innovation platforms, and strengthened basic support capabilities such as key core technologies for the industry to help the high-quality development of the robot industry. The robot competition was held in Jinjiang, Quanzhou, which brought us a high-level industry event and also provided us with an important opportunity to promote the industry. I sincerely hope that all experts and scholars can exert their influence and appeal, give more care and guidance to the development of Quanzhou robot industry, and give more valuable suggestions; We sincerely welcome you to visit Quanzhou for guidance and promote more good results and good technologies. Relevant departments at all levels in Quanzhou will also make every effort to "build a good platform and pave a good road" to further promote robot technology innovation and industrial development.
Commissioned by Zhang Wenxian, member of the Standing Committee of the Quanzhou Municipal Committee and Secretary of the Jinjiang Municipal Committee, Wang Mingyuan, mayor of Jinjiang City, pointed out in his speech that robots are one of the most important areas of current scientific and technological change and are becoming the hottest emerging track. I sincerely hope that all teachers and players can learn from each other, spark and inspire each other by using the competition as a medium and technology as a bridge. We sincerely invite you to walk around Jinjiang more after the competition, feel the pulse of the development of the brand capital, experience the unique charm of southern Fujian culture and food, and not only show the elegance of the competition here, but also leave a good memory. I sincerely hope that the majority of robot enthusiasts will choose Jinjiang and start a business in Jinjiang, with full enthusiasm for science and technology and the spirit of exploration, and fly their youth dreams and realize the value of life here. Jinjiang will provide the most comprehensive protection, the most intimate service, so that everyone in the vast blue ocean of innovation can do their best, show their talents, and show their skills.
Li Shaoyuan, vice chairman of the Chinese Society of Automation, said that China Robot Competition, as the best innovative talent training platform, has been aimed at cultivating students' theoretical application ability and engineering practice ability. In recent years, it has cultivated a group of outstanding talents to related scientific research and enterprise positions, and the scale and influence of the competition have gradually expanded. I wish all the participants carry forward the scientific spirit of "unity, innovation and hard work", civilized competition, hard work, win good results, harvest fruits, and spend a happy time in Jinjiang.
The three-day competition attracted a total of 1,084 teams from 260 universities, including Tsinghua University, Tongji University, Zhejiang University, Beijing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Beijing Institute of Technology, National University of Defense Technology, People's Public Security University of China and other well-known universities across the country, with more than 5,000 applicants. There are 24 major items and 52 minor items in this competition. In the youth group, there were 5 major events and 1 minor event, resulting in 66 champion teams, 60 runner-up teams and 54 third place teams.
During the event, Jinjiang City will take the 2023 China Robot Competition as an opportunity, guided by "promoting production by competition, rejuvenating the city by competition, and retaining people by competition", focus on the docking of high-tech industries such as robots and intelligent manufacturing, and invite industry celebrities to carry out keynote speeches and technology promotion. By holding a series of academic and industrial docking activities such as the launch seminar of the space robot special Competition, the General Committee representative meeting of the Robot Competition Working Committee of the Chinese Society of Automation, and high-end forums in related fields such as robots and intelligent equipment, the majority of enterprises are deeply connected with the cutting-edge technologies of intelligent manufacturing, and feel the infinite possibilities of the integration of artificial intelligence and real life. Help Jinjiang industry ignite the "new engine" and gallop the "new track".
In addition, the site set up a novel form, rich content, distinctive characteristics of the "meet the market", for the guests to offer a cultural travel feast with Min Nan rhyme, sea silk wind, fashion, cultural style; As well as the "Jinjiang appointment waiting for you to come" talent supply and demand fair area, to provide more employment internship opportunities for participants.
Hosted by the Chinese Society of Automation, the China Robot Competition and RoboCup China Robot World Cup is one of the most influential and comprehensive robot discipline competitions in China, the most influential and authoritative robot technology competition, academic conference and popular science event in China, and a major exchange activity for intelligent manufacturing technology and high-end talents in China. Since the first competition was held in 1999, it has been held for 24 consecutive times in Beijing, Shanghai, Chongqing, Guangzhou, Hefei, Suzhou, Jinan, Zhongshan, Lanzhou, Changsha, Shaoxing, Nanjing, Tianjin, Luoyang and other cities. In February 2020, the competition was successfully selected into the national Discipline Competition list of ordinary universities released by the Chinese Association of Higher Education.
As an international science popularization activity in artificial intelligence, automation, intelligent manufacturing, robotics and other related fields, the successful holding of the contest has promoted the prosperity and development, popularization and talent training of local automation science and technology and other related fields; By hosting exchange activities with top science and technology as the core, it can consolidate the regional industrial positioning, produce great industrial driving effect and industrial agglomeration effect, and promote the optimization of the industrial structure in the local artificial intelligence field. In addition, the competition has brought a large number of people, logistics and information flows, accelerated the formation of technology, talent and resource agglomeration advantages, expanded the scale of the robot industry, and provided a rare opportunity to accelerate economic transformation and upgrading.